1881 census place

Sheffield surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sheffield, Yorkshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

3,659 surnames are listed for Sheffield, Yorkshire, covering 73,172 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Earnshaw, with 23 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sheffield

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
701	Earnshaw	23	0.030%	2.02x
702	Egan	23	0.030%	3.01x
703	Fearnehough	23	0.030%	90.05x
704	Flynn	23	0.030%	1.30x
705	Housley	23	0.030%	10.27x
706	Hurd	23	0.030%	5.57x
707	Jacques	23	0.030%	2.94x
708	Leek	23	0.030%	5.16x
709	Lunn	23	0.030%	1.93x
710	Megson	23	0.030%	15.35x
711	Morriss	23	0.030%	4.09x
712	Pitt	23	0.030%	1.17x
713	Rollinson	23	0.030%	4.62x
714	Rowan	23	0.030%	3.88x
715	Sellers	23	0.030%	3.25x
716	Shemeld	23	0.030%	82.14x
717	Staniland	23	0.030%	14.21x
718	Straw	23	0.030%	7.16x
719	Wardle	23	0.030%	1.29x
720	Wheatcroft	23	0.030%	8.32x
721	Wilkin	23	0.030%	4.55x
722	Ayres	22	0.020%	1.72x
723	Beedham	22	0.020%	22.07x
724	Bennet	22	0.020%	1.73x
725	Billam	22	0.020%	52.96x
726	Bown	22	0.020%	4.32x
727	Briddock	22	0.020%	127.68x
728	Broughton	22	0.020%	1.28x
729	Connelly	22	0.020%	2.57x
730	Cotterill	22	0.020%	2.72x
731	Daly	22	0.020%	2.42x
732	Davy	22	0.020%	1.94x
733	Dearden	22	0.020%	2.43x
734	Dodworth	22	0.020%	63.27x
735	Edley	22	0.020%	76.07x
736	Greensmith	22	0.020%	8.89x
737	Harrop	22	0.020%	2.10x
738	Heaver	22	0.020%	17.56x
739	Hoyle	22	0.020%	1.03x
740	Kaye	22	0.020%	1.59x
741	Lund	22	0.020%	2.20x
742	Marrison	22	0.020%	21.09x
743	Moor	22	0.020%	1.70x
744	Moxon	22	0.020%	4.26x
745	Newbold	22	0.020%	3.27x
746	Percival	22	0.020%	1.52x
747	Sadler	22	0.020%	1.01x
748	Scholes	22	0.020%	2.06x
749	Scholey	22	0.020%	6.95x
750	Swinden	22	0.020%	25.44x
751	Tew	22	0.020%	5.44x
752	Womack	22	0.020%	13.57x
753	Barley	21	0.020%	4.10x
754	Beighton	21	0.020%	14.74x
755	Boardman	21	0.020%	1.42x
756	Clay	21	0.020%	1.11x
757	Cotton	21	0.020%	0.95x
758	Dempsey	21	0.020%	3.63x
759	Elliot	21	0.020%	0.89x
760	Flower	21	0.020%	2.33x
761	Franks	21	0.020%	1.83x
762	Gibbins	21	0.020%	2.97x
763	Gilmour	21	0.020%	1.61x
764	Goodall	21	0.020%	1.06x
765	Hinde	21	0.020%	5.47x
766	Holliday	21	0.020%	1.74x
767	Hulley	21	0.020%	9.79x
768	Innocent	21	0.020%	21.80x
769	Keyworth	21	0.020%	9.93x
770	Leonard	21	0.020%	1.05x
771	Malone	21	0.020%	2.85x
772	Otley	21	0.020%	13.51x
773	Padley	21	0.020%	8.48x
774	Roadhouse	21	0.020%	100.38x
775	Shillito	21	0.020%	9.45x
776	Silcock	21	0.020%	5.44x
777	Thornhill	21	0.020%	3.65x
778	Waddington	21	0.020%	1.40x
779	Wharton	21	0.020%	1.63x
780	Whitley	21	0.020%	2.78x
781	Whitworth	21	0.020%	1.36x
782	Youle	21	0.020%	18.90x
783	Ainley	20	0.020%	5.48x
784	Boland	20	0.020%	11.05x
785	Bosworth	20	0.020%	3.68x
786	Brewin	20	0.020%	6.03x
787	Carney	20	0.020%	2.40x
788	Charles	20	0.020%	1.05x
789	Drury	20	0.020%	1.37x
790	Greatorex	20	0.020%	7.08x
791	Havenhand	20	0.020%	34.21x
792	Heppenstall	20	0.020%	12.50x
793	Jeffries	20	0.020%	1.73x
794	Milnes	20	0.020%	2.46x
795	Muscroft	20	0.020%	21.96x
796	Oakes	20	0.020%	1.50x
797	Ollerenshaw	20	0.020%	9.18x
798	Peach	20	0.020%	2.01x
799	Phenix	20	0.020%	87.87x
800	Pitts	20	0.020%	2.12x